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Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc China, vol. 5, No. 4, p. 18, fig. 14, 1929 (Amoy).— 

 SoLDATov and Lindbeeg, Bull. Pacific Sci. Fisher. Inst, vol. 5, p. 37, 1930 

 (Far East seas). 



Clupanodon punctatus Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 19, p. 309, 1917 

 (China and Japan). — Jordan and HtiBBS, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, p. 

 120, 1925 (Misaki, Miakawa Bay, Kagoshima Bay, Fukui, Miyazu, Tokyo, 

 Kyoto). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 32, 1928 (compiled). — 

 Schmidt and Lindberg, Bull. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1930, p. 1187 (Tsu- 

 ruga). — Fowler, Hong Kong Nat., vol. 2, p. 55, fig. 5, 1931 (compiled). — 

 Schmidt, Bull. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., 1931, p. 103 (Obama) ; Trans. Pacific 

 Comm. Acad. Sci. U. S. S. R., vol. 11, p. 18, 1931 (Nagasaki; Kagoshima).— 

 IKEDA, Hakubutugaku Zassa, vol. 36, p. 583, 1987 (Momotori-Mura). 



Clupanadon punctatus Mori, Journ. Pan Pacific Res. Inst., vol. 3, 1928 (Fusan, 

 Korea) (error). 



Chatoessus aquosus Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 307, 1846 (type locality: 

 Chinese Sea). — Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 21, p. 109, 1848 

 (compiled). 



Clupanodon thrissa (not Linnaeus) Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 23, p. 743, 1900 (Yokohama). 



Depth 31/8 to 32^ ; head 31/5 to 31/3, width 2% to 234. Snout 5 to 

 51/^ in head, mandible tip only slightly inferior; eye 4% to 5%, ly^ 

 to ll^ in snout, 1% to l^^ in interorbital, broad lids largely cover 

 eye; maxillary reaches i/4 to I/2 in eye, expansion 1% to 2% in eye, 

 length 2% to 3% in head ; interorbital 4 to 4%, broadly convex. Gill 

 rakers 182+170 (in medium-sized example), setiform, subequal with 

 gill filaments or li^ in eye. 



Scales 42 to 46 in median lateral series to caudal base and 4 or 5 

 more on latter ; 17 scales transversely, 20 to 26 predorsal. Abdominal 

 serrae 20 + 13 to 15. Axillary ventral scale % of fin. Scales with 

 single transverse or pronounced vertical stria ; circuli extend over 

 entire scale area as fine close set vertical striae. 



D, III, 14, I, first branched ray 1% to 1% in head, last ray li/s to 

 2% in combined head and body measured to caudal base ; A. iii, 17, i, 

 first branched ray 3% to 4 in head ; caudal 1 to 1% ; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3l^ to 3% ; pectoral 1% to 1% ; ventral 2% to 2i/^. 



Back gray or brown, with metallic bluish reflections. Each scale 

 on back with small round dusky basal spot, appearing as longitudinal 

 rows. Sides of head and body silvery white. Usually dark or dusky 

 humeral blotch or bar, equals vertical eye diameter. Iris whitish. 

 Dorsal and caudal pale brownish, lower fins whitish. 



India, China, Japan, Korea, Polynesia. 



U.S.N.M. No. 22538. Japan. Japanese Government. Length, 93-220 mm. 6 



examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 26245. Japan. 1878. E. E. Morse. Length, 135-154 mm., caudal 



ends broken. 10 examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 37759. Korea. Bernandon. Length, 104 mm., caudal ends broken. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 38837. Tokyo market. Educational Museum of Tokyo. Length, 



245 mm. 



